This week on FoF I’m fresh back from Paris after interviewing James Cameron (still not over it), and I tease the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash special, plus why I’m apparently seeing Avatar 3 again to catch the rumoured trailer double-whammy.

Then I dive into Quentin Tarantino’s brutal Paul Dano take and explain why, as a There Will Be Blood obsessive, I think he’s completely missed the point of that performance. And in the biggest industry bombshell of the episode, I unpack the talk of Netflix potentially acquiring Warner Bros/HBO and what that could mean for the future of cinemas.

Finally, I round things off with my thoughts on Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, why the gothic vibe works for me, why the mystery mechanics still frustrate me, and where it lands on my star scale.

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) FoF IS ON THE UP! James Cameron Junket
(03:38) New Spielberg & Avengers Doomsday Trailers attached to Avatar 3
(04:56) AGENDA
(05:49) Tarantino controversy RE: Paul Dano and There Will Be Blood
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(16:26) Netflix to buy Warner Bros HBO?!
(18:24) This is like McDonalds buying The Louvre
(19:21) WHY are they doing this? What’s the plan??
(20:40) The real issue here is the security of the cinema industry
(21:26) Scary quote from Netflix CEO about cinema vs streaming
(21:53) Can cinemas survive without WB releases?
(23:08) This is the apocalypse, essentially. It’s over.
(24:12) Attempting to be positive
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery REVIEW - no spoilers
(25:21) Most annoying title convention ever
(26:18) Synopsis
(27:05) Much improved aesthetic compared to the second one
(29:00) The mysteries of Knives Out Mysteries are too convoluted for me
(31:07) BUT, will fans of Knives Out enjoy this?
(31:42) STAR RATING + SUMMARY plus a star rating rant (LETTERBOXD REVIEW - https://boxd.it/bmjMiL)
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(33:41) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!!!
(35:23) Next week - the AVATAR SPECIAL!!